Wednesday, December 15, 2010

8:35 PM

State Sen. Bob Jauch, D-Poplar, tore into fellow Dem Sen. Russ Decker after he voted against a contract for state employees, saying the decent thing for him to do would be to resign.

“I’ve seen a lot of selfish things done in this legislature. But I’ve never seen anything quite this selfish,” Jauch fumed after the vote. "And very frankly he has to look at himself in the mirror and I suspect he'll have a very hard time recognizing the person looking back. When you serve around here you hope to leave a legacy, something to remember you by. I sure wouldn't want to have his record defined by his performance tonight."

Jauch hinted Decker may be looking for a job in the Walker administration and accused him to sticking it to middle class workers and going against his history of being a champion of the working class.

"I can only conclude that there's 30 pounds of silver for his vote," he said. "The bottom line is no matter what his motive is he's sticking to a lot of middle class workers in this state who have given a great deal."

Jauch said Decker's vote was inconsistent with his record as a legislator.

"He has always been fighting for working families. And tonight he decides to stand up, get mad at Jim Doyle, take his anger out on public employees who have sacrificed by giving three percent of their salary, by paying more for health care benefits. Because he's mad at Jim Doyle? That sounds like a three-year-old who's pouting. Unfortunately we can't send him to the corner."